1. Talk about what it means to be different. Is it okay to be different? How can we make others feel accepted? What can we do if we are one of the others? Open classroom dialogue can be good for students and teachers alike.
2. Gather books that focus on others. Create a classroom library with bins or baskets that have books about different topics--homelessness, special needs, kids in jail, foster kids, dealing with natural disasters, etc. See the different lists on the Resources page to make up the baskets or bins.
3. Have a "Speed Dating" session for books about others. We will do this in the workshop. Have books or pictures of book covers and a 4-5 sentence synopsis and recommendation for the book. After about a minute at each station, have students move to next station to hear about the next book about others. See more about this idea here http://readingpower.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/speed-book-dating-3/
5. Use QR codes to link students to additional information about the topic. See the example using Ninth Ward and the Hurricane Katrina web site. http://www.katrina.noaa.gov/
6. Use book trailers (like the one about Wonder on the home page) to get students to investigate books they would not otherwise choose.Check out this site http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/
7. After students have read some of the books in the school or classroom library, have them create Animoto videos like these or Glogster pages like the one below or Vokis about their books.Check out the 6th grade Voki page from Stillwater schools here or other examples here. Print out the urls and have the students give them to the counselors or other teachers to use to promote the books.
1. Talk about what it means to be different. Is it okay to be different? How can we make others feel accepted? What can we do if we are one of the others? Open classroom dialogue can be good for students and teachers alike.
2. Gather books that focus on others. Create a classroom library with bins or baskets that have books about different topics--homelessness, special needs, kids in jail, foster kids, dealing with natural disasters, etc. See the different lists on the Resources page to make up the baskets or bins.
3. Have a "Speed Dating" session for books about others. We will do this in the workshop. Have books or pictures of book covers and a 4-5 sentence synopsis and recommendation for the book. After about a minute at each station, have students move to next station to hear about the next book about others. See more about this idea here http://readingpower.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/speed-book-dating-3/
5. Use QR codes to link students to additional information about the topic. See the example using Ninth Ward and the Hurricane Katrina web site. http://www.katrina.noaa.gov/
6. Use book trailers (like the one about Wonder on the home page) to get students to investigate books they would not otherwise choose.Check out this site
http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/
7. After students have read some of the books in the school or classroom library, have them create Animoto videos like these or Glogster pages like the one below or Vokis about their books.Check out the 6th grade Voki page from Stillwater schools here or other examples here. Print out the urls and have the students give them to the counselors or other teachers to use to promote the books.
Glogster example